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Here's how I made Beyond The Forest .
I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 to make this.
Tools used: Mouse!

1. I drew Nawdile lightly with a pencil and then traced it with a Sharpie no-bleed pen. Scanned and fixed the lineart.

2. In Photoshop, I made the layer of my drawing set to Linear Burn and set the opacity to 65%. I then made a new layer underneath it, which is my color layer. So I colored it, added shading, and adjusted the brightness.

3. Using the Pen Tool, I made the shape of the ground Nawdile will be sitting on. Colored and shaded. I also used the Smudge Tool to blend the grass and sand. The grass blades was stroked with Pen Tool.

4. On the background layer, I used gradients to create the sky.

5. Added plants. First I made a new layer and used the Pencil brush to draw the leaves, by mouse. It was difficult but I had lots of practice. I then filled it in with colors, selected some parts of the leaves, and adjusted the hue. Then I deleted the lineart using Select>Color Range. Repeat for other plants.

6. Now for the tree leaves. This what pretty quick. Using the Pen Tool I made the shape of one leaf and colored it. Copy and paste and transformed to make more leaves. Also added falling leaves.

7. Made a new layer which will be the field and mountain. Pen Tool used for the mountains. Clouds made by brush and later smudged. Blended colors for the field. Also made the tree using Pen Tool.

8. Time for lighting. I made a new layer, set to Overlay, and using the Ellipse Tool to make the light effect. Filled it in with a bright yellow. Then I warp transformed it. Duplicate layer, move it just a little to the right and set the Opacity to around 50%.

9. Added the sun, many trees, and houses. Also added some more plants outside the forest.

10. Added more clouds and additional touches on the field.

11. New layer and move it up all the other layers. This layer was used for the shadowing in the forest. I used a dark blue color and using the Gradient Tool. Adjusted the Opacity to around 40-50%.

12. Added a grungey texture. New layer and move it up on top of the shadowing layer. Using Pen Tool to create larger leaves and I Box Blurred it.

13. And...finished! On the final product, I played around with Color Balance.

Artwork © zerudez

Please do not copy, steal, or use.
Got questions regarding my artworks? Please read the FAQs first!
Commission info can be found here .

Description
Here's how I made Beyond The Forest .
I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 to make this.
Tools used: Mouse!

1. I drew Nawdile lightly with a pencil and then traced it with a Sharpie no-bleed pen. Scanned and fixed the lineart.

2. In Photoshop, I made the layer of my drawing set to Linear Burn and set the opacity to 65%. I then made a new layer underneath it, which is my color layer. So I colored it, added shading, and adjusted the brightness.

3. Using the Pen Tool, I made the shape of the ground Nawdile will be sitting on. Colored and shaded. I also used the Smudge Tool to blend the grass and sand. The grass blades was stroked with Pen Tool.

4. On the background layer, I used gradients to create the sky.

5. Added plants. First I made a new layer and used the Pencil brush to draw the leaves, by mouse. It was difficult but I had lots of practice. I then filled it in with colors, selected some parts of the leaves, and adjusted the hue. Then I deleted the lineart using Select>Color Range. Repeat for other plants.

6. Now for the tree leaves. This what pretty quick. Using the Pen Tool I made the shape of one leaf and colored it. Copy and paste and transformed to make more leaves. Also added falling leaves.

7. Made a new layer which will be the field and mountain. Pen Tool used for the mountains. Clouds made by brush and later smudged. Blended colors for the field. Also made the tree using Pen Tool.

8. Time for lighting. I made a new layer, set to Overlay, and using the Ellipse Tool to make the light effect. Filled it in with a bright yellow. Then I warp transformed it. Duplicate layer, move it just a little to the right and set the Opacity to around 50%.

9. Added the sun, many trees, and houses. Also added some more plants outside the forest.

10. Added more clouds and additional touches on the field.

11. New layer and move it up all the other layers. This layer was used for the shadowing in the forest. I used a dark blue color and using the Gradient Tool. Adjusted the Opacity to around 40-50%.

12. Added a grungey texture. New layer and move it up on top of the shadowing layer. Using Pen Tool to create larger leaves and I Box Blurred it.

13. And...finished! On the final product, I played around with Color Balance.

Artwork © zerudez

Please do not copy, steal, or use.
Got questions regarding my artworks? Please read the FAQs first!
Commission info can be found here .